Military Policing Is Not The Answer

Some time back on Travel channel programme, Househunters International, a young African American flight attendant was featured house hunting in the greater Gaborone. 

She was accompanied by her opinionated mother on the mission. The first property they viewed was in a multi residential place in Tlokweng.

Affordable and secure, was the estate agent’s selling point. But to the young American’s mother, security features were what scared her off the most. “Why all these barbed wires? You want to tell me all places in Gaberon are like this?” The complex had been secured with security wall (stop nonsense as we call it), electric fence and barbed wire and a 24-hour response alarm. All windows and doors had steel (butler) bars.  Instead of appreciating that her daughter would be safe, she was apprehensive.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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